### Method

# GLib VariantType is_container

#### Declaration [src]

    gboolean
    g_variant_type_is_container (
      const GVariantType* type
    )

#### Description [src]

Determines if the given `type` is a container type.

Container types are any array, maybe, tuple, or dictionary entry types plus the variant type.

This function returns true for any indefinite type for which every definite subtype is a container — `G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY`, for example.

#### Return value

Type: `gboolean`

True if `type` is a container type Since 2.24.